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cut to pieces , or driven into the jungles to perish with hunger . Lord Clyde remains at Luckno \ v , and it is now " aid purposes to remain in India far the remainder of this year . The disarmament of Oude continues : ; 400 pieces of cannon , besides those taken in action , liave teen brought in , with a cotr ^ snoiuiinn- number of muskets , swords , and matchlocks The amnesty lias produced remarkable results -7 , 000 men have surrendered in Bareilly alone 4 000 in Budaon , and 1 , 700 in Shahjehanpore . Morad ' abad , and Bijnoor . Meanwhile , the work ot tr . inquillising and -consolidating the province is tcadilr ' progressing- The people are resuming their old avocations , and the military police awe the idle and disaffected , and protect the peaceful and the industrious . ' ' -
And this is the grave and the inscription of Sir Henry Havelock !"
., . ,. . Tantirt , Topee is not yet taken ,, and , according to the latest intelligence , was within thirty-three miles of Peesn . He succeeded , while Eeroze Shah was attempting torcach Bhawulpore , in bursting through -ill our columns and detachments , and is now rapidly advancing southwards . When we parted company with Feroze Shah and the llao Sulieb , those leaders seem to have got into all manner of difficulties . They are still at large * but they sustained . a signal defeat at the hands of Brigadier Honner on the Llth inst ., at a place called Koosana . Betvveen two and three hundred of their followers were left dead on the
field . The Rohilla war in the Nizam s dominions has been brought to a satisfactory termination by Sir Hugh Rose nnd Brigadier Hill . The terror inspired bv the fight at Chieliuniba had so frightened the Rohillas , that they made no effort to defend any of their strongholds . Colonel Davidson , the resident rat the Nixam ' s cpurti left Hydrab . id for Calcutta on the 1 st inst ., having been summoned by the Governor-Croneral by telegram . It is rumoured that the Supreme Government purpose conferring upon the Nizam and his minister , Salar Jung , some appropriate recognition of . their fidelity and loyalty during the late crisis ; and that Colonel Davidson is to be consulted as to the best mode or" carrying it out .
In Seihde and the Puivjaub all is quiet -. the latter province having had the sod of its first railway cut by the hands of Sir John Lawrence . r There has been a military fracas at Ahrhednuggur . The affray took place on the night of the 19 th Feb ; , between the men of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards ami those of the depot 3 rd European Regiment . The dragoons seem to have been the aggressors , aiid to have ¦ mercilessly attacked with their swords the men of the 3 rd European Regiment , who were unarmed , and nearly all raw recruits just arrived from England . Four ' of the latter were wounded . has
Her Mitjt'Sty ' ^ steamer Punjab returned from her hasty trip to Muscat . The object of her visit was to dissuade the Iniaumfrom making war upon Zanzibar , which was imminent . The cause which proyolccd these , threatened Hostilities has not transpired . The Punjab just arrived in time to urge the maintenance of peace , for sho fell in with the Lnaum ' s fleet , well manned and armed , on the evening before * her arrival , which , was on the morning of the 16 th ; and it is said that his highness was reluctantly persuaded to return to . Muscat . tub xbw r-o . v . x . A Bombay correspondent writes : — A now 5 J per cent , loan has been opened , the provisions of winch have astonished the whole commercial community . It first Informs u . 3 that the wants of the Government for the year 1859-00 will be five crorcs of rupees , equal to five million sterling ; and then states that on the 1 st May next , a 5 £ per cent , loan will be opened ,, to which subscriptions will bo received , half in cash and half in , 0 per cent , paper ; that the issue of Treasury Bills lately begun will eeaso on the 30 th April , and that after that date a new issue will be conirnoncQu , bearing interest at the rate of 21 pius |) or diem , or rupees 4-10-6 per cent ., the sum which these may produco not being reckoned In the five ¦ crorca already alluded to . It is not expected that tlio call will be responded to , and the appearance of a 0 per cent , loan is anticipated . "
IIEHOES' GRAVES . Mr . ltuasell writos from Lucknow : — "' . Noill ' s Data ' still stands outside tho Residency , into wh i ch Ilia Ufoloss body was brought , and whero it lies under a bocoinjng total ) . ' I wish X could say to the jpooplQ of England , who lam en tod Huvcloak so deoply , that the gravo of their chosen one is worthily markod , or that its prosent condition is worthy of tho remains which Ho there , or of tho country . When I visited tho AJumbagh , where Sir Henry XIavblook was hurriedly injierrqd in tho march of * h ' o roliqved garrison out of Lucknow , I saw , in tho ¦ unclean garden-ground of the tolaco , open to natives , Kjattlo , and dogs , a shallow sinking in tho ground tho size of a grave—and it was a gravo—and just 'over It , rudely carved by a soldier ' s hand on tho trunk erf a tree , could pe traced the letter •» H . "
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NOTES ON INDIAN PROGRESS . Ok Monday Mr . Fatersor . i Saunders , formerly of Calcutta , ' was examined before the Colonisation Committee of the House : of Commons , and gave some most important and practical information as to Assam , in which he had been largely engaged as a tea-planter . There has been no readiness on the part of the Assam ¦ Company to give information as to Assam , as they seem to entertain some of the monopolistic fancies which are apt to prepossess large companies . Mr ; Saunders showed that the tea business is a practicable and a profitable one , but he was of opinion that present calculations would be materially altered by a reduction in-the price of tea in more extensive cultivation ., - anda rise in the rates of labour , but that under all circumstances the tea business must be remunerative . The labour question in Assam he considered to be chiefly one of wages . Looking to the abundant supplies of labour obtained by the indigo-planters , he could not consider there was any real difficulty in Assam , if adequate wages were ¦ given .-- He considered that 20 s . and 24 s . per month could be given . Mr . Ewart , the chairman of the above committee , his given notice of an address to the Crown , praying returns of the amounts levied for transit duties by native States in India , of the municipal commissions or municipalities in India , and of the number and districts of honorary magistrates and justices of the pea . ee . We think lie ought to . have included a return of the road and ferry fund board ? , and of-the paltry revenues under their control , and of the educational boards . Thus all the evidence as to the rudiments of municipal institutions will be gained . Next year this will make a good subject for a committee of inquiry . ,
neighbouring hills . Mr- llutter had 300 acres under tea , and was building for Mr . Brine , and other settlers , seven houses at the last advices . Mr . Kutter had likewise begun operations in another locality , for supplying sleepers and other talway timber on a large scale to the East India -RaiUyay Company . This had bscotne u more import uit business in the Darjeeling country , now that timb : r cannot be so freely obtained from the Nej aul country . In Oude the tend or forest jungle belongs to the Kepaulese , but in Sikkim we possess it . Mr . Kutter is about to construct a saw mill at
Punkebacee . Mr . Henry Keene . superintendent of the Djhra Dhoon , lias ha 1 leave for a short time . During his absence , Mr . J . C . Robertson has officiated as superintendent . The value of this district for English settlement is beginning to attract attention . Sir . Paterson . Saunders was examined on it before the Colonisation Committee . Many of the old Indians have a very high opinion of the Dhoon , particularly since the success of the tea plantations ; but we think they are inclined to place too great a , value on it , for the amount of land available is relutively very small , but the situation is a choice one in the neighbourhood of Landour and Mussoorie . Captain H . Hayman , of . .. the 15 th Bombay Native Infantry , has had a short leave to Vingorla .
Mr . II . B . Lindsay , of the Bombay Civil Service , has proceeded on leave to Mount Aboo and IX'esa . Mr . A . K- Forbes and Mr . C . II . Cameron , of the Bombay Civil Service , have been authorised to act as senior assistant-judge and sessions judge of Itutuagherry . The Legislative Council of India has been very little noticed in England of late , and it is receiving little respect in India . It is evident that it is falling into a state of contempt , which will
prepare the way for its reconstruction at tlie hands of Lord Stanley . The old civilians have shown themselves unable to work it , ami the ¦ mode of doing business in the ancient style by paper succeeds as ill , as the occasional ' discussions by ^ yo ^ d of niouth in . . the Council ; where the one or two English judges and other antagonists of the old regime cause great irritation " by their free remarks . One of the last of their performances is an Act for Small Cause Courts in the-Mofussil . .
The ground fur this was , that the MoonsiuV Courts are distrusted , and their proceedings so slow as-to amount to a denial of justice . In Calcutta the Small Cause Court pays , three judges ami a large establishment . Such was the state of facts , and what tlie Legislative Council do is this ; they ercate Small Cause Courts , but they entrust the Moonsiifs with them , and then , to take care of the Moousiflfd , they provide complicated appeals ; This is under the plea of economy , but it is justly observed that in very many subdivisions the receipts of such a court would pay for two judges—an Englishman ar id a native—and pension oir the retiring Moonsitf' . The real truth is , the civilians prefer having Moonsiirs and AmUh as subordidates , instead of finding near them uneovenanted English judges in an independent capacity .
This act is one among many specimens of the incompetericy of the Legislative Council ; and we are not surprised to find the Friend of India thus comm , enting upon it :-,- " Afraid of inertia , but incapable of reform ^—tenacious of independence , but crouching to the executive-r-ever promising improvement , and ever ra-cnacting the old abuse , this council must be drawing to its end . In its death it may have this one consolation , that at bast it wanted tho energy
which developes any feeling stronger than contempt . ' Thus will fall one of the last strongholds of mandarin powor in India , nnd a Legislative Counoil of an official oligarchy will meet the fate that has befallen it in all our oth , er colonies . Jt is not difficult to perceive that two new elements will be introduced in tho future council— representatives of tho English settlor- and of the . nativo aristocracy , The ^ presont council is a makeshift which has answered ill , and hardly one of its enactments will stand ten years hence .
Sir Macdonald Stophenson ' s progross with tho international railway from London to Calcutta naturally exokes tho deepest interest in India , as they begin to boo the period arrive for proceeding with the eastern portions .
¦ At the Society of Arts on Wednesday , Dr . Forbes Watson ; the successor of Dr . ltoyle at the India House , gave a most valuable paper on cotton in India . It showed a comprehensive grasp of the subject , and pointed out the trite difficulty of the cotton question in Bombay , namely , transport ; and he urged the completion of the cotton railways as early as possible . He vindicated the propriety of having well constructed railways , although hu advocated the improvement of rivers , and the extension of canals , i oads and irrigation .
According to Dr . Watson the production of cotton in India is . 2 , 400 , 000 lbs ., or twice that of the United States ; hut the quantity exported lias never exceeded 250 , 000 , 000 lbs . Where means of transport are provided by nature , there tlie export has increased ; but where the means ' of transport depended on the lute honourable Company , the export of the richest districts in the world has remained stationary . Of this abundant confirmation was given by Mr . Price , a merchant , who opened up the large Dhnrwarcottontrade , now amounting to 80 , 000 bales yearly . His trade had been stopped by the want of roads , and tlie inability of the Government , for want of funds , to repair the roads ! Colonel Sykes , who
was present . to vindicate the late government , liecatno very angry at the turn the discussion took , nndelmrgod Mr . J . B . Smith , M . 1 V the chairman , that tlie miserable state of the Indian cotton export was tlie fault of the cotton manufacturers of Manchester , who migh t have sent out to India , and bought as much . as they liked ! Mr . Smith did not answer the gallant colonel , but , the evening having far advanced , adjourned tho smiling meetuig , many persona in which were equally surprised at learning tho state of India , and that the gallant gentleman was one of those who had been Ch'ainncn of tlie Honourable East India Company . Professor Wilson , of Edinburgh , director of the 1
IndustrialMuseum there , is devoting much attention to Indian subjects ; and has no less than six Indian officers among the pupils of his techiioi logical class , who are acquiring information for the purpose of improving the nativo processes . A great sensation has boon made by tho succesful issue of guaranteed debentures by the East Indian Railway Company , and which opens a now resource for public enterprise in India . So eagerly was tho first issue of a million taken , that a squabble arose , in which tho directors havo been charged with giving undue preference to some of the claimants
for tlio stock . Wo cannot sco that there is any foundation for tho charge , for tho proceeding scorns to havo boqn conducted , in tho usual way of large financial undertakings , but some of those individuals who were not used to this course have found that they did not get all tho stock thoy wanted . Tlio settlement of Hope Town , in tho Darjeoling country , according , to tho Calcutta papers and private advices , is making groat projjreflfl . Mr . Frederick Brine had , at the latest advices , 1 , 300 men employed on his extensive tea plantation ? , a freo supply of . labour now pouring in from the
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RATinsK Indkkxnith . —Colonel Waugh has written a letter to tho Times , dated from " near Marseilles , March 10 , 1859 , " declaring his intention to roturn to London for the purpose of prosecuting that ounial . " In giving vont , " ho says , « to your vindictive foolings you have far outstepped tho bounds of fair and Jogltinmto ' crHlcism , nnd havo again laid yourself open to legal proceedings , which I now pledge myself to adopt—as won as my otate of health will admit : '
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Leader (1850-1860), March 26, 1859, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26031859/page/25/
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